I am not this guy, but maybe he said that to demonstrate that french can be pretty informal aswell? "On s'en fout mec" is as informal as it gets. In your example of "s'il vous plait veuillez me passer le X" you were unnecessarily formal. Most people don't speak this way, and this form of language also exists in english writing. I feel like one can make any language to be as bourgeois as one wishes it to be. That being said, I do agree that french has many formal, precise and stiff rules, whereas the english "rules" seem to be more loose and somewhat random (exceptions rather than a logical rule). But then again, I don't have a formal "training" in english grammar, so i might be wrong.

Most of the comments in here are along the lines of "It's basic arithmetics, it's just filling out forms". As a tax professional, I think that this kind of comments shows that these people have a very basic knowledge of taxes. I think that a quick lesson in basic taxation in high school, would be greatly beneficial. It's true that it would be useless to show how to "fill out forms". But it would be pretty useful to understand the tax system : what gets taxed, what you can deduct, what's credited, the taxation rates, when and how to pay taxes, etc.

While it's true that someone with a regular job can get by his whole life by just filling out forms, it's still good to know about capital gains/losses, IRA's and tax free savings accounts, among other things.

We call it " Français Radio-Canadien". Back in the early days of television, when you were on TV (especially on the national TV broadcaster "Radio-Canada"), you had to speak a "neutral" kind of french. Overly "québécois" accents or neologisms on TV were against etiquette. Nowadays, you can pretty much speak like you want, but news broadcasters kept the tradition and still use a very neutral kind of french. I wouldn't say "no accent whatsoever", but still a neutral accent and standard "correct" grammar. No "québécismes" or regional neologisms.

Lebos is the term used by Australians to talk about Lebanese immigrants. Australia has a serious problem with Lebanese immigrants integration, as they are often involved in gang-related crimes. As a result, there's an important anti-Lebo sentiment in Australia, and these 3 fine gentlemen wish somebody would "put a firewall around these bloody lebos".

I think the best way to learn about the team and the players is to play NHL 2013 on a game console. You'll also learn about stats, trades, rosters, drafting and how the season goes (number of games, divisions and conference, playoffs)

As a kid, I learned a lot about the nhl that way. At the same time you can follow the real league on the internet and see how it's all applied to real life.

I don't understand your comment. Are you saying you don't believe me? I guess I'd have to ask an historian specialized in the area to know what language they spoke before aramaic. And who lived there? Probably their ancestors.

If you're familiar with the History of Lebanon, you probably know that Lebanon was invaded and occupied by a succession of different tribes/people. So I guess that, indeed, we changed race frequently, from generation to generation.

People living in what we now call Lebanon, were called "Phoenicians" by the Greek. The Phoenician cities ( Gubla, Sidon, Sour, etc.) were independant until they were successively invaded by the Egyptians, tthe Hittites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks (Alexander the Great), the Romans and the Arabs. Then the different arab tribes fought for the area : The Ummayad Caliphate, the Abassid Caliphate, the Fatimid Caliphate, the Seljuqid... until the Crusaders came along. Then the Mamluks took back control, followed by the Ottomans, and the French, until the Lebanese independance.

Any lebanese that tells you he knows for sure what his ethnic background is, is either a) a relatively recent immigrant whose family kept precise records, or b) a fool.

The Arabs conquered Lebanon around the 7th century. However the area I come from (Kadisha Valley) resisted religious assimilation (to this day) and linguistic assimilation, until about the 1800's. Around these years they started speaking Arabic like the rest of the country, and their original language (Syriac Amaraic) was slowly forgotten.

No, because i've looked into my family history, and we come from areas were people have been speaking arabic for less than 200 years. We ended up speaking arabic because of the invasion, but I personnaly don't consider myself to be an "Arab" in the ethnic sense of the term. Also, I'm Christian, so i might not feel as close to the arab culture as a muslim.

I think you should try and explain to the judge that you didn't realize the court date was today and that you need to see a lawyer. They'll probably give you another date. Remember that tommorow is NOT your trial, so don't go and try to defend yourself, or plead not guilty or anything. Ask for another date so you can meet with a lawyer, and then DO.

I'm with Rogers too. I gave them a call when it was time to renew my contract, and told them about a deal I saw elsewhere.
They gave me this : Unlimited calls province-wide, unlimited txt msgs, caller id and voice mail, and one 1gb internet, for 53$ a month.

Your post is misleading. Usufruct is not a common right given to all. You need to be given a right of usufruct by the owner.

For instance, your father could own a house and give you a right of usufruct over that house. This would mean that you could use (usus) the house (i.e. live in it) or you could rent it to someone and keep the money (fructus). However you can not sell it, give it, destroy it, etc. (abusus) because you're not the owner. You're the usufructuary (usus+fructus).